Son Accused of Setting Mom on Fire Before Trying to Sexually Assault a Teacher

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A Lubbock woman has died two weeks afterauthorities say her son doused her with flammable liquid and set her on fire before trying to sexually assault a teacher at knifepoint at a school.

Bertha Bradley's husband, Shirley Ray Bradley, said the 69-year-old woman died Monday at University Medical Center in Lubbock. She sustained burns to more than half of her body on May 9.

Police say her son, George James Bradley, set her on fire in a Lubbock apartment before going to a nearby school where he tried toassault a teacher. The school superintendent helped free the teacher.

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